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aggiebagwash
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Friends School, Warrington
« on: Sunday 16 December 07 12:37 GMT (UK) »

Does anyone know what type of school the Friends School, Stocks Lane, Penketh, Warrington was? I have found a relative who was registered there on the 1891 census but I don't know why she wasn't with her family. Was it actually an educational establishment or a training school or even an orphanage under another guise please can anyone enlighten me?

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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 16 December 07 12:55 GMT (UK) »

Friends' School is a name given to Quaker schools as they call themselves Friends. There are still some left, I went to one that closed in 1997 Cry

This is a link to a biblography list of Quaker Schools and yours is there.

http://www.quaker.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=90043

They were boarding schools mainly which is why she would not be with her family.


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 16 December 07 13:02 GMT (UK) »

From a website about Penketh

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One of Penketh's first schools was The Friends School on Stocks Lane which was founded in 1834 and due to the changing need of the Quakers was closed a century later. The building has since been used for a children's reform centre and is now part of a retirement home.


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 16 December 07 13:05 GMT (UK) »

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/benjaminbeck/fandbf.html this site has the following;

Advertisements for schools are particularly common. For example the following appeared in The British Friend in August 1893:

"PENKETH SCHOOL.

Considerable improvement has recently been made in the accommodation of this institution.

There are a few vacancies for the children of Friends, or of those who attend our Meetings, but are not in membership.

The Committee invite Applications, especially on the Girls’ side.

Apply — Albert Pollard, B.A., Penketh School, near Warrington.

Friends House Library has a card index to the schools which appear (mostly) in these advertisements. Many of these are small establishments run by Friends but not as specifically Quaker schools."

They were ahead of their time in not agreeing with single sex schools, the one I went to was founded in 1841 and catered for both boys and girls from the beginning, there are two single sex schools, The Mount and Bootham in York but they are relativly close to each other and do things together.


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 16 December 07 13:13 GMT (UK) »

Thank you Madpants

I can see I will be having a busy afternoon looking at all the information you have given me. I will have to see if I can find out why she was sent there from Oldham as all I know about her is that on the 1901 census her occupation was milliner on own account. I wonder if she learned the trade at the school?

Thank you once again.

Merry Christmas

Margaret


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 16 December 07 13:20 GMT (UK) »

It could easily be that she learned it at school.

There's a link to my old scholars site that shows a form group about the time your girl would have been at school.

http://www.manannan.org.im/aosa/archives/archives_form_photos/archives_form_photos_page1.htm

http://www.manannan.org.im/aosa/archives/archives_school_life/archives_sch_life_page1.htm

the second is slighly later but shows what it was like at the time. If she went to a boarding school the family were obviously not poor.


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 16 December 07 16:11 GMT (UK) »

I can't understand why she went to the school as her parents only worked in the local mill so weren't affluent. The name, age and birthplace fits so it has to be her.

Thanks once again.

Margaret


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 16 December 07 16:22 GMT (UK) »

Hi All

I lived near Stocks Lane until recently. The retirement home was re-developed a few years ago to provide housing.

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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #8 on: Monday 17 December 07 13:30 GMT (UK) »

''I can't understand why she went to the school as her parents only worked in the local mill so weren't affluent. The name, age and birthplace fits so it has to be her. ''

I wonder if she had a Quaker benefactor? Someone slightly better off who felt she had potential? Wonder if the school records would show if fees were paid for her?

Warrington was quite a centre for non-conformists. Priestley College, in Warrington, set up by Joseph Priestley was for Non-conformists as at one point only Anglicans could attend University

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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #9 on: Monday 17 December 07 19:26 GMT (UK) »

I know there is very little chance of the school records surviving from the 1890's but if they have where and how could I access them?

Margaret


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #10 on: Monday 17 December 07 19:59 GMT (UK) »

Ours are in the local council archives for safekeeping so I imagine if there are any left that's where yours will be.


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #11 on: Monday 17 December 07 21:02 GMT (UK) »

If Warrington Local Authority have them, the records will be in archives of the Children's Directory. BUT if this was a school belonging to the Society of Friends, they may have their own Archive.... worth trying both I'd say.

I've taught in Salford, and they have extensive school records and photographs etc.
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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #12 on: Monday 17 December 07 21:44 GMT (UK) »

One of the first links was a biblography of books about the various schools, there were a couple about Penketh school, you could try getting hold of a copy, maybe the Quaker website it's listed on could help.

For our school the headmaster wrote a book about the first 50 years 1841-1891 and it's transcribed on the website listing all the pupils that had been at the school in that time, maybe there is something similar for yours. Cheesy


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #13 on: Monday 17 December 07 22:23 GMT (UK) »

Thanks Madpants and Elaine I will try and do some research over Christmas and see if I can find anything.

Merry Christmas to you both

Margaret


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Re: Friends School, Warrington
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 23 December 07 09:57 GMT (UK) »

Quote from: aggiebagwash on Monday 17 December 07 22:23 GMT (UK)

Thanks Madpants and Elaine I will try and do some research over Christmas and see if I can find anything.

Merry Christmas to you both

Margaret

If you need a hand Margaret Wink


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